Seth Godin recently posted this four quadrant chart on his blog. It is for plotting different products based on price and based on want vs. need. In his post, he asks his audience to think about what they’re offering and which quadrant it fits within.… Read More
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School of Real Estate
I’ve been getting a lot of (email) questions lately about what to study in order to become a real estate developer. So I thought I would reblog this post that talks about exactly that. I wrote it over a year ago and I almost forgot it existed.… Read More
The psychological benefits of third places
– by rinatus (rinatus) on 500px Today I’m thinking about extraversion and third places within cities. As many of you I’m sure know, the idea of a third place is that after your home (first place) and your work (second place), cities have what are known… Read More
Are startups causing inequality?
Earlier this week Richard Florida published on article on CityLab talking about the relationship between tech innovation (in cities) and inequality. Specifically, the article deals with the correlation between venture capital investment and a variety of factors, such as monthly housing costs, wage and income… Read More
Frank’s Vault and virtual real estate
Earlier this week a good friend of mine from Rotman, Frank Luengo, launched his own blog called Frank’s Vault. Given that he has used the same theme as I have here, I like to think it was inspired by ATC 🙂 But whatever the case… Read More
How technology could completely change the real estate development industry
If you’re involved in the built environment in any way, shape, or form – as a developer, architect, policy maker, and so on – I would highly recommend you watch the video below. My friend Candice Luck, who I went to Rotman with, sent it… Read More
An MBA post-mortem from a real estate guy
This post originally appeared on the Rotman Morning & Evening MBA blog. As a recent graduate of Rotman’s Morning MBA program (and presumably because somebody over there reads Architect This City), I was asked to write a guest post for their MBA blog. More specifically,… Read More
The case for electronic road pricing
I just finished reading an HBS business case on road pricing in Hong Kong for a class I’m taking as part of my MBA. Since it’s a topic that’s integral to cities, I thought I would post my case prep here. Below are the questions… Read More
Richard Florida on why creativity is the new economy
Richard Florida recently gave a talk at the Rotman School as part of Toronto’s “Big City, Big Ideas” lecture series. It was called: Why Creativity Is the New Economy. You can watch it here via Rotman. It’s about an hour long. If you’re familiar with the work of… Read More
Richard Florida on why creativity is the new economy
Richard Florida recently gave a talk at the Rotman School as part of Toronto’s “Big City, Big Ideas” lecture series. It was called: Why Creativity Is the New Economy. You can watch it here via Rotman. It’s about an hour long. If you’re familiar with the work of… Read More